Even though many of the Myrtle Beach new ordinances, passed two weeks ago, are not in affect yet, some local business owners said the ordinances led to confusion and fewer customers during this year’s Harley-Davidson fall rally.
Donnie Emery, owner of The Dog House Bar and Grill, in Myrtle Beach, tells News13 while there was a nice crowd; business was down for this year's rally. And he believes it is because of those city ordinances.
However, Myrtle Beach spokesman Mark Kruea said the struggling economy may be one of the reasons business owners did not see as many people at this year's rally.
Kruea said the city is planning to launch a public information campaign to educate people on the 15 new and revised ordinances.
“The motorcyclists, some of them understand and aren’t happy, some of them understand and are happy, some say they don’t come to the May rally because it’s too big, I mean bikers are saying this and then some of them simply don’t understand.” Kruea said.
Nancy Wimmer, owner of Wimmer Performance, a motorcycle store and repair shop said this year’s rally was quieter than usual.
"As far we could tell, there was a rally but it didn't seem like a rally week, we were busy service-wise, the walk-through traffic was very quiet, I mean with having SBB down the road, we usually get a lot of traffic in here and like I said, you would never know there was a rally going on." said Wimmer.
The rally officially ended on Sunday.
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